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WASCAL APPOINTS PROFESSOR KEHINDE OGUNJOBI AS NEW DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

WASCAL has appointed Professor Kehinde Olufunso  Ogunjobi as the new Director of Research at the WASCAL Competence Centre based in Ouagadougou, effective 3rd February 2020. As the Research Director, Professor Kehinde Olufunso Ogunjobi will make the necessary linkages between the different poles of the WASCAL Research Programme and with external research partners, particularly the national, regional Continue Reading

‘TOMORROW’S OIL’: GERMANY SEEKS HYDROGEN EXPORT DEAL WITH WEST AFRICAN STATES

Germany plans to set up a production and import chain for renewable hydrogen in a joint project with Western African countries, news agency Reuters reports. “Green hydrogen is tomorrow’s oil and offers huge opportunities,” research minister Anja Karliczek said after a meeting with her colleague from Niger, Yahouza Sadissou. Germany wants to use green gas to Continue Reading

MRS. ANJA KARLICZEK: HYDROGEN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA PLANNED

© BMBF / Hans-Joachim Rickel: The Federal Research Minister, Anja Karliczek and her Nigerien counterpart, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Yahouza Sadissou (Chairman of the WASCAL Ministerial Council), agreed in Berlin to establish a hydrogen partnership and strategic measures to expand in West Africa. The Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek explains: The Continue Reading

BMBF FUNDED PROJECT ON 400 KW HYBRID WASTE-TO –ENERGY POWER PLANT KICKS OFF IN GHANA

The kick-off and groundbreaking ceremonies for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded €5.8 million 400 kW Hybrid Waste to Energy (WTE) power plant construction to be situated in Atwima Nwabiagya in the Ashanti Region have taken place. Additionally, the project is expected to help close the carbon cycle by developing the value Continue Reading